Table 22: Distribution of Federal Pell Grant
Recipients by State and Control of Institution
Table 22 presents the distribution of Federal Pell
Grant recipients by state and control of institution.
The number of Federal Pell Grant recipients
enrolled in postsecondary institutions varies greatly
from state to state. In general, the size of a state's
population is directly correlated to the number of
Federal Pell Grant recipients enrolled in institutions
within that state. For example, New York and
California together have 734,000 recipients (20.0
percent of the total) attending schools within their
boundaries. In contrast, one jurisdiction and six
states have fewer than 10,000 recipients each, and
account for only 1.4 percent of total recipients:
District of Columbia, Vermont, Nevada, Wyoming,
Hawaii, Delaware, and Alaska.
Disproportionate Pell Enrollments Within a
State by Control of Institution. An examination
of general enrollment patterns from Table 22
shows that 68.7 percent of all recipients attend
public institutions, 18.1 percent attend private non-
profit institutions, and 13.2 percent attend
proprietary institutions. However, there is
considerable variations among the states in the
control of institution attended by Federal Pell Grant
recipients.
1994-95 End of Year Report
Table 22
P In thirteen states, more than four fifths of the
Federal Pell Grant recipients are enrolled in
public institutions. These states, with the
percentages of Federal Pell Grant recipients in
public institutions, are: Wyoming (88.5
percent), New Mexico (88.8 percent), Alabama
(84.4 percent), Montana (83.7 percent),
Mississippi (86.2 percent), Arkansas (83.5
percent), North Dakota (78.9 percent),
Oklahoma (80.7 percent), Oregon (80.5
percent), Delaware (83.7 percent), Nevada
(71.8 percent), South Dakota (75.6 percent),
and Wisconsin (79.7 percent).
P In two jurisdictions and three states, a
disproportionately high number of Federal Pell
recipients are enrolled in private non-profit
institutions. These are: the District of
Columbia (57.7 percent), Puerto Rico (54.3
percent), Massachusetts (40.3 percent), Rhode
Island (39.9 percent), and Vermont (39.5
percent).
P In three states and two jurisdictions, unusually
high percentages of students attend proprietary
institutions. These are: Nevada (27.2 percent),
Puerto Rico (24 percent), Arizona (26.2
percent), Connecticut (25.4 percent), and the
District of Columbia (24.8 percent).
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 TABLE 22
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
BY STATE AND CONTROL OF INSTITUTION
AWARD PERIOD 1994-95
(PART 1 OF 3)

PUBLIC PRIVATE PROPRIETARY TOTAL

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN-
RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES
ALABAMA.......................................................
61,343 $86,337,685 7,952 $13,115,305 3,400 $4,767,424 72,695 $104,220,414
ALASKA.............................................................
3,616 $5,465,501 171 $274,401 431 $526,174 4,218 $6,266,076
ARIZONA..........................................................
46,923 $69,110,746 2,282 $3,527,809 17,474 $25,553,732 66,679 $98,192,287
ARKANSAS.....................................................
29,948 $45,940,707 4,443 $7,050,769 1,481 $2,189,844 35,872 $55,181,320
CALIFORNIA...................................................
283,744 $449,705,729 38,539 $61,263,696 73,300 $120,691,476 395,583 $631,660,901
COLORADO.....................................................
39,289 $57,229,302 2,223 $3,201,549 7,724 $10,536,884 49,236 $70,967,735
CONNECTICUT..............................................
13,082 $17,767,757 5,313 $8,046,146 6,264 $8,288,616 24,659 $34,102,519
DELAWARE.....................................................
4,698 $6,306,512 785 $1,073,477 127 $171,322 5,610 $7,551,311
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.........................1,704 $2,369,150 5,603 $8,781,797 2,411 $3,181,078 9,718 $14,332,025
FLORIDA...........................................................
121,715 $177,904,162 20,824 $33,139,411 31,125 $48,122,211 173,664 $259,165,784
GEORGIA..........................................................
65,865 $84,178,305 14,973 $23,838,734 9,929 $14,014,262 90,767 $122,031,301
HAWAII...............................................................
5,425 $8,090,831 1,244 $1,861,283 361 $506,613 7,030 $10,458,727
IDAHO.................................................................
13,609 $20,811,181 4,704 $7,176,687 1,016 $1,541,170 19,329 $29,529,038
ILLINOIS..............................................................
93,020 $132,502,577 29,518 $43,728,856 14,642 $22,611,504 137,180 $198,842,937
INDIANA............................................................
50,125 $70,892,785 11,406 $16,288,269 9,382 $13,293,394 70,913 $100,474,448
IOWA....................................................................
32,095 $45,505,607 12,468 $17,795,982 2,887 $3,961,711 47,450 $67,263,300
KANSAS............................................................
32,335 $46,477,536 6,295 $8,822,454 2,791 $4,197,105 41,421 $59,497,095
KENTUCKY.......................................................
45,718 $69,298,118 7,962 $12,662,956 6,041 $8,869,563 59,721 $90,830,637
LOUISIANA.......................................................
63,977 $103,060,259 6,777 $11,299,633 8,230 $12,798,001 78,984 $127,157,893
MAINE................................................................
9,815 $14,463,634 2,246 $3,383,456 1,906 $2,470,740 13,967 $20,317,830
MARYLAND....................................................
39,989 $55,891,848 3,740 $5,657,464 6,824 $10,033,766 50,553 $71,583,078
MASSACHUSETTS.....................................
40,100 $58,492,787 30,357 $45,476,203 4,792 $6,711,651 75,249 $110,680,641
 TABLE 22
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
BY STATE AND CONTROL OF INSTITUTION
AWARD PERIOD 1994-95
(PART 2 OF 3)

PUBLIC PRIVATE PROPRIETARY TOTAL

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN-
RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES
MICHIGAN.......................................................
87,443 $124,432,774 27,539 $37,851,907 12,020 $17,536,382 127,002 $179,821,063
MINNESOTA..................................................
53,065 $73,188,530 10,200 $14,172,158 4,504 $5,855,518 67,769 $93,216,206
MISSISSIPPI...................................................
43,292 $69,413,448 4,403 $7,199,087 2,524 $3,948,109 50,219 $80,560,644
MISSOURI........................................................
45,373 $64,438,261 18,197 $26,264,927 10,262 $15,175,974 73,832 $105,879,162
MONTANA.....................................................
13,390 $20,575,913 1,853 $3,000,101 756 $1,154,000 15,999 $24,730,014
NEBRASKA....................................................
20,098 $26,842,483 4,650 $6,668,755 2,074 $2,936,882 26,822 $36,448,120
NEVADA..........................................................
6,003 $8,019,397 79 $120,514 2,274 $3,363,809 8,356 $11,503,720
NEW HAMPSHIRE......................................
6,552 $9,335,180 3,060 $4,319,895 2,473 $3,315,711 12,085 $16,970,786
NEW JERSEY.................................................
48,300 $73,519,053 8,539 $14,020,379 12,544 $17,615,909 69,383 $105,155,341
NEW MEXICO................................................
27,750 $41,884,895 1,105 $1,615,931 2,044 $3,186,178 30,899 $46,687,004
NEW YORK......................................................
195,802 $310,916,847 95,599 $157,614,032 47,264 $69,723,053 338,665 $538,253,932
NORTH CAROLINA....................................
61,892 $87,619,700 14,435 $22,749,953 2,451 $3,386,375 78,778 $113,756,028
NORTH DAKOTA.........................................
10,849 $16,036,603 2,144 $3,365,321 751 $1,145,562 13,744 $20,547,486
OHIO...................................................................
104,512 $148,988,131 22,753 $34,391,759 17,813 $25,091,225 145,078 $208,471,115
OKLAHOMA...................................................
50,127 $75,498,884 5,821 $9,090,660 6,168 $9,223,037 62,116 $93,812,581
OREGON..........................................................
29,901 $43,607,656 4,331 $6,326,563 2,901 $4,160,741 37,133 $54,094,960
PENNSYLVANIA..........................................
80,193 $118,177,269 34,916 $52,930,389 28,230 $41,928,997 143,339 $213,036,655
PUERTO RICO..............................................
36,008 $68,052,331 89,844 $165,333,617 39,638 $64,687,487 165,490 $298,073,435
RHODE ISLAND............................................
7,636 $10,581,506 6,547 $9,483,448 2,232 $3,192,531 16,415 $23,257,485
SOUTH CAROLINA.....................................
36,292 $48,566,531 8,355 $13,580,603 4,032 $6,015,003 48,679 $68,162,137
SOUTH DAKOTA.........................................
11,198 $16,386,722 1,956 $2,900,411 1,651 $2,299,238 14,805 $21,586,371
TENNESSEE..................................................
45,681 $67,704,655 13,653 $21,116,974 7,262 $10,117,803 66,596 $98,939,432
 TABLE 22
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS
BY STATE AND CONTROL OF INSTITUTION
AWARD PERIOD 1994-95
(PART 3 OF 3)

PUBLIC PRIVATE PROPRIETARY TOTAL

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN- TOTAL EXPEN-
RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES RECIPIENTS DITURES
TEXAS...............................................................
190,379 $276,576,956 22,061 $33,782,846 31,725 $47,990,813 244,165 $358,350,615
UTAH..................................................................
28,861 $40,100,933 10,372 $15,211,212 2,911 $4,029,891 42,144 $59,342,036
VERMONT......................................................
5,076 $6,596,102 3,382 $4,989,652 111 $145,012 8,569 $11,730,766
VIRGINIA..........................................................
51,009 $71,888,395 9,430 $14,338,683 12,333 $17,759,590 72,772 $103,986,668
WASHINGTON...............................................
51,616 $77,719,711 5,831 $8,884,761 6,397 $9,342,454 63,844 $95,946,926
WEST VIRGINIA.............................................
19,599 $30,851,990 3,799 $6,023,907 3,827 $5,900,178 27,225 $42,776,075
WISCONSIN.....................................................
47,091 $66,719,400 10,069 $14,272,044 1,949 $2,672,628 59,109 $83,664,072
WYOMING.......................................................
7,019 $10,340,548 0 $0 916 $1,323,851 7,935 $11,664,399
ALL OTHERS..................................................
5,201 $8,249,743 301 $492,218 0 $0 5,502 $8,741,961
TOTAL...............................................................
2,525,343 $3,740,633,266 665,049 $1,049,579,044 484,575 $729,262,182 3,674,967 $5,519,474,492